CABLE NEWS.
.- m ■ (Australian ana N.Z. Cable Association) >.. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. . It, is officially jarihpunced that until the United 'States has adopted a permanent mercantile marine policy any re* duction of ocean freight rates by Britain oiv other nations, will be met. . Received 'Feb. 18, '^0.15 a. m.) A . jt - i;-,.w SYDNEY,, Feb, 18: A conference between the wheat lumpers and the; shippers ■ proved '.abortive, the owners refusing to concede the men's claims. •■ ' MELBOURNE, Feb. 18. Troops aboard the transport Karmala seized the ship and trefufifjd to allow coal aboard, obtohig3f^th> vessel going to Hobart to land a few Tasmanianss before proceeding to Sydney., Later the trouble was settled.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14840, 18 February 1919, Page 5
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